GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| contrive | devise |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |